Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rědъkъ

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rēdas, *rētas. By surface analysis, *rě̃dъ +‎ *-ъkъ. Cognate with Latvian rēds, rets, Lithuanian retas.

Adjective

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*rědъkъ[1]

  1. sparse, rare

Declension

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Accent paradigm b.

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ре́дкий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rědъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 434:adj. o ‘sparse, rare’